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Celebrating roses & horticulture. Promoting rose breeders (BARB), Rose of the Year (UK), British-grown roses. Images copyright Roses UK, rose breeders, growers.

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 6h

Oh yes, I love these! 😍

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 15h

That’s delightful. 😍

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 16h

Pretty in pink for #RoseWednesday
A Whiter Shade of Pale, Mutabilis, Perle d’Or, Cornelia.
Have a good day everyone, take care, stay safe. 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you. Hope you’ve had a nice weekend too. 🌹

Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 3d

Coral Gardens (Rose of the Year 2026). Her motto is ‘keep calm and flower on!’
#Storm Amy continues to make her presence felt. Let the leaf-sweeping begin!
Hope everyone is safe, take care. #roses 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 7d

‘Mokarosa’. Well, it is #internationalcoffeeday
Bred by Gareth Fryer.
Have a good day everyone, take care.
Pic credit: C & K Jones.
#RoseWednesday 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 8d

Nice pots! 😍

Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 9d

Lady of Shallot glowing in #Michaelmas sunshine. Can never resist collecting conkers! It’s a mast year (meaning bumper crop) for chestnut and oak trees.
Have a good week everyone, take care. #roses 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 11d

🙏🏼🌹😊

Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 12d

A few shades of #pink to brighten up a greyish morning - well it is here anyway. Rosa Mundi, Old Rose, Moments & Memories, See You in Pink, Eye of the Storm, all Persica Hybrids.
Whatever colour your skies are, have a good day, take care. #roses 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 13d

A perfect fairy house. 😊

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 14d

😍🌹♥️

Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 14d

I think we all do. 🌹

Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 14d

Climbing rose Peach Melba, her petal colour softening as autumn creeps in. In these fractious times, the regular rhythm of #RoseWednesday is a calming highlight. Take care everyone. 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 16d

😍🌹🍂

Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 16d

Blue skies and a fresh breeze heralding the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. The #roses keep on coming: Kathleen, Felicia, The King’s Rose. Cyclamen popping up everywhere!
Have a good week everyone, take care.
#autumnequinox #CheeringUpMondays 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 17d

Farewell Summer 2025. Tomorrow is the autumn equinox. 🍂 #roses 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 19d

Clementina Carbonieri - just keeps on flowering. Ballerina hips, aka heps or haws. The tiny blooms of hybrid musk Callisto. Prosperity, hybrid musk.
Happy #Friday everyone, have a good weekend! Take care. #roses 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 20d

#ThrowbackThursday to summer ‘25.
Centifolia Christata, Old rose.
You’re My Everything, Rose of the Year 2025.
Moments and Memories, Persica Hybrid.
The King’s Rose, English shrub rose.
Have a good day everyone, take care

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 21d

‘Gardenia’, large Wichuraiana Rambler Rose.
Robust, healthy, moderate fragrance. seen at @RHSWisley
Happy #RoseWednesday everyone, have a good day.
#roses 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 22d

🙀!

Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 22d

That was windy! Half expected Hayling Island to have drifted out into the Solent! Sweet Pretty and Prosperity somehow managed to hang onto their petals.
‘Tis calmer today, hope so for you too.
#roses 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 25d

Sunny #roses to brighten up a stormy weekend.
Eye of the Tiger, Persica Hybrid; Francesca, Hybrid Musk; The Poet’s Wife, English Rose; Danae, Hybrid Musk.
Whatever the weather, have a good weekend everyone, take care. 🌱

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Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 26d

Excellent additions 🌹😊

Roses UK @rosesuk.bsky.social · 27d

#ThrowbackThursday
Meteor, For Your Eyes Only, It’s A Wonderful Life, Peach Melba.
All former Roses of the Year.
Have a good day everyone, take care. #roses 🌱

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